Churn.



No. 815,358. PATENTED MAR.20,1906.

G.W.L0WRBY.

GHURN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30. 1906 2 SHEETfi-SHEET 1.

- A I I gawentoz 6W1 rey 2 Q we v W UNITED STATES PAEENT OFFICE.

CLYDE w LOWREY, OF OENTERVILLE, ALABAMA.

GH'URN'.

Specification of Iletters Patent;

Patented March 2( 19L 6;

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, CLYDE W. LowREY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Centerville, in the county ofBibb and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Ohurns, of which the following 1s a specification.

, This'invention relates to improvements in churns, and moreparticularly to those em-,

to ploying a rotary dasher.

The object of the invention is to provide a churn of this characterwhich will be simple in construction, which can be readily taken apartand cleaned, and which is so designed. as to hasten the separation ofthe oily globules and facilitate theformation' of butter.

A further object is to provide means whereby the dasher can be rotatedby a treadle,

thereby enabling thechurn to be operated with a minimum amount of labor.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, ofabhurn-body having a rotary dasher mounted therein which is connected bysuitable gearingto a wheel v upon the outside of the churn and means 7whereby-said Wheel can be operated by a treadle.

- For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof andalso to acquire a, knowledge of the details of construction of the meansfor eflecting the result reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which F1gure 1 is alongitudinal sectional view 3 5 through the churn. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation of the churn, showing the treadle mechanism. Fig. 3 is a topplan v1ew of the churn. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified formof dasher.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the churn-body, 4 5 which is provided with arotary dasher-rod 2', the lower end of which rests in a socket 3,

while the upper end passes through centrallylocated openings in thecovers of the churn.

Two covers'areprovided, an outer cover 4 and an inner cover 5,whichrests upon proi j ections 6 on the side of the churn and slantsoutward toward the dasher-rod, so as to 'throw the cream toward thecenter of the churn and prevent it from splashing out. A series ofplates 7 are slidably mounted upon the dasher-rod 2 and are adapted tobe against withdrawal.

clamped in the desired position by means of set-screws 8. Uprightmembers 9 project from diametrically opposite points on the top of thechurn and have their ends connected by a removable cross-piece 10,provided with a centrally-located recess, which serves as a housing forthe beveled earing 11, by means of which the dasher-rod is connected toa o transverse shaft 12. The dasher-rod is held in a fixed position whenthe churn is in oper-. ation by means of a brace member 13, providedwitha bearing for the dasher-rod at one end and connected to one of theupright members 9 at the opposite end. This brace 7 member 13 'is'supported at an intermediate point by ahook 14, projecting outwardlyfrom the cross-piece 10. The shaft 12passes through a suitable bearing15 in the opposite upright member9 'and is suspended from thecross-piece 10 by a hook or support 16. Both of the hooks 14 and 16 areprovided with screws 17, whichenable the members supported thereby to belocked in position A wheel 18 is mounted upon the outer end of the shaft12 and is connectedQby means of a belt 19, to a larger wheel 20, mountedupon a stub-shaft 21, projecting from the side of the churn-body. Thiswheel 20 is connected by the rod 23 to a treadle 22, which is mountedupon a shaft projecting from the lower portion of the churn. It willthus be understood that by operating the treadle 22 the wheels 20 and 18will be caused to rotate and that motion will be transmitted 'to thedasher through the shaft 12 and thebeveled gearing 1 1. v

Instead of the plate 7, mounted upon the dasher-rod 2, it may be founddesirable to employ fans 24, which can be similarly mounted thereon Thesuperiority of this churn resides rin-- cipally in the method ofmounting the b ades of the dasher, whereby same can be adjustedaccording to the amount of cream in the 1& churn, in the peculiarconstruction of the cover, whereby any splashing of the cream isprevented, and in the gearlng, by means of which motion is transmittedto from a treadle. I

v Having thus described the invention, What is claime as new is. 7

The combination of a churn-body, u ri ht members projecting fromapproximate y iametrically opposite points on the top thereof, 1 [o aremovable cross-piece connecting said up-' right members, a guide memberconnected the dasher to one ofthe upright members and provided meanswhereby the shaft can be rotated by a 10 with a bearing within which thedasher-rod treadle mechanism.

rotates, a hook projecting from the cross- In testimony whereof I aflixmy signature piece and serving as a support for the guide in presence oftwo Witnesses.

member a shaft passing through the oppo- 7 site upri ght member, asecond hook project- CLYDE LOVVREX' ing from a cross-piece and servingas a sup- Witnesses: port for the shaft, intermeshing'gearingcon S. D.HALL, necting the shaft and the dasher-rod, and J. S. MOORE.

